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Warrior’s Mind

Steve Rowe

Warrior’s Mind A trained warrior will have a soft front and a strong back He will meet the world with the soft front Showing courtesy, patience, kindness, tolerance and compassion So this is not weak It’s supported by the strong back  With hidden resolve, determination and cultivated strength and power Because it’s cultivated, he is not subject to his emotions They are disciplined and therefore a part of his power His mind is aware, focused, sensitive and capable of great intensity He is able to ‘switch’ from soft to hard in an instant  He doesn’t require a build up of … Continue reading Warrior’s Mind

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Tai Chi – Open Your Mind

Steve Rowe

I hate clever clogsEspecially Tai Chi onesThey’re so sure of themselvesTheir lineagesTheir teachingsAre all straight linesVery definedIt’s not this or thatIt’s what they teachEverybody else is wrong Tai Chi requires a broad perspectiveIt has to encompass everythingLike a giant jig saw puzzleYou can’t leave anything outTo make everything fitYou have to seek the optimumNobody has all the answersThey’re all looking at the same thingThrough different windows Instead of putting everyone else downYou have keep growing your mindAll the time we inhabit a bodyWe can never have all the answersBe perfectOr fully enlightened The more we let go of any ‘rules’The … Continue reading Tai Chi – Open Your Mind

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A Martial Artist’s Alchemy

Steve Rowe

You can train martial artsUse them for physical fitnessEgoTheatreVanityAggressionAnd the ‘street’ Or you can be a martial artistAnd study:Your body inside and outEmotional intelligenceMental awareness, focus, sensitivityDiscipline and intensity Developing a toolbox for lifeSelf defence, defendingAnd developing strategies forPhysical healthMental healthEmotional healthAnd life’s situations For a martial artistIt’s not an hour a dayIt’s a life studyWorking at a deep levelFor an alchemy to take placeAnd developing strategiesTo live a peacefulAnd more harmonious life Being a positive influenceIn your environmentSocietyFamilyCommunityAnd finding peaceInstead of violence. Continue reading A Martial Artist’s Alchemy

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One Foot In Death

Steve Rowe

Blood, Sweat and TearsContemplating deathWalking with one foot in life and one in deathGiving a perspective others don’t haveThen in meditation and trainingMoving both feet into deathWith just a little toe left in lifeWhen you’re as familiar with death as lifeYou lose fearYou gain that broader perspectiveFinding your immortalityYou gain balanceFinding the line between yin and yangThe middle path, the TaoThe way of the warriorPiercing the veil of illusionRealising that what you were before you were born,What you are when you’re deadYou still are nowWatching the theatre of lifeNot happy or unhappyBut peacefulThose that opt for an ‘easy life’Missed the … Continue reading One Foot In Death

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Living As If Dead

Steve Rowe

Living as if already deadYou see life in a completely different wayThere’s no point in ownershipNo desire for anythingNo desire to be happy or unhappyYou become the observerRather than the engagerRealising that the observerIs who you really areAnd is immortalUsually hidden by desireEntropy belongs to the bodyNot the observerYou live frugallyDon’t argueAllow the world to unfoldIn its natural wayA ‘bucket list’ belongs to the bodyPeace belongs to the observer Peace out people.Steve Rowe Continue reading Living As If Dead

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Be The Driver

Steve Rowe

Oh poor you….Your avatar is born out of this worldNot into itSurvival mode gives it needsFear of deathWanting recognition from the tribeWanting sexual favoursFear and aggression arise from defence modeNourishment is needed to surviveThe driver is joined to that which gave birth and is immortalThe avatar feels isolated and lonely when not nourishedDeterioration and death are assured from birthIts purpose is to engageSo the driver is enriched from the experienceIt’s being human for the journeyIt’s the only way it can experience itselfThe best journey is when the avatar can understand what it isAnd know that it’s only theatre created by … Continue reading Be The Driver

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Everything Changes

Steve Rowe

The one thing in life that never changes is the fact that it’s always changing. Children grow upAdults grow oldExperienceIllnessTragedyRelationshipsTimeGradings They all change peopleThey change usThey change people we knowThis is important We can’t expect people to be the sameFriendsPartnersStudentsTeachersOurselves Quite often disappointment arises when we expect people or things to stay the same. They don’t. They can’t. Love, friendship, relationships, respect can grow stronger or fade away. Eventually everything peaks, and everyone and everything turns to dust. This can be scary or a comfort – it’s up to you. Continue reading Everything Changes

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Happiness Is An Illusion

Steve Rowe

Happiness as we know it is an illusionThe moment you ‘try’ to be happyYou’ve already defeated yourselfYou’re carrying something that can be taken away from youTragedy strikes and is made worseBecause your illusion of happiness can’t be maintainedThere’s no one more annoying than the idiot wearing the ‘happy’ maskTelling everyone they’re happy and that everyone else should be like themAn idiot with a mask Life spontaneously occursMoment to momentSometimes it’s upSometimes it’s downIf you have no expectation of eitherThe feelings are genuineIf you expect one or the otherOr dwell on eitherYou are suffering unnecessarily I’m not happyBut I’m not unhappyI … Continue reading Happiness Is An Illusion